Uttarakhand / Dehradun: Fourth General Body Meeting of Doon Library and Research Centre organized, Chief Secretary gave instructions to open the library on Sundays also
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The fourth general body meeting of the Doon Library and Research Centre was held in the Secretariat on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan. During the meeting, various topics related to the Doon Library were discussed. The Chief Secretary said that the Doon Library can be kept open on Sundays so that more and more children can take advantage of it.
The Chief Secretary said that programs for learning foreign languages can be run regularly in the Doon Library. He talked about exploring possibilities for this. He said that the state government is constantly working towards providing employment abroad to the youth of the state. There is a need for the Doon Library to make efforts towards teaching foreign languages to the youth of the state. He also talked about organizing special programs during the Silver Jubilee Week from 1 to 9 November in the Doon Library on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee year of the state.
During the meeting, it was told that various programs were organized on topics like language knowledge, drama, story, environment, culture for the children and on topics like environment, literature, language, history and culture for the youth. Besides this, programmes have been organised for the general public on topics such as society and mental state, women empowerment, consumer protection and law, architecture and change, desolation of agriculture in the hills, etc.
On this occasion, other dignitaries including Prof. B.K. Joshi, Subhash Kumar, S.K. Mattoo and N. Ravishankar were present.
